18 MR. G. WATT ON SOME INDIAN PRIMULACEEXE. 
5. A. MUSCOIDEA, Duby in DC. Prodr. vii. p. 48; villosa 
laxe cespitosa, surculosa, foliis in globos interruptos dense imbri- 
catis linearibus oblongisve obtusis incurvis, scapo brevi unifloro, 
ealycis lobis subacutis, corollze lobis obovatis apicibus rotundatis. 
(Tas. XVIII. B.) 
Kasumir, Jacquemont, Falconer. 
Forming loose patches 6-10 inches broad; branches and stolons 
6-8 inches long, procumbent and ascending, clothed with subglo- 
bose tufts the size of a pea of imbricating leaves. Flowers nume- 
rous, jy inch diam. ; pedicels ~4-y'5 inch. 
Prate XVIII. B. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2, leaf; 3, calyx; 
4, part of corolla laid open; 5, ovary; 6, calyx and capsule : all 
enlarged. 
6. A. SELAGO, Hook. f. § Thoms. in Herb.; densissime ctespi- 
tosa, sericeo-villosa, ramis ramulisque condensatis apicibus obtu- 
sis, foliis minutis interruptis v. per totam longitudinem ramulorum 
dense imbrieatis lineari-oblongis cuneato-obovatis obtusis supra 
medium coriaceis inferne membranaceis supremis incurvis, scapis 
1-2-floris bracteisque villosis, calycis lobis oblongis obtusis, 
corolle lobis obovato-oblongis. (Tas. XVIII. A.) 
Srxxim Himataya: in the Tibetan region and north of it, 
alt. 15,000-18,000 ft., J. D. Hooker. 
A singular species, forming hemispherical hard cushions in the 
arid cold Tibetan regions. Root woody; tips of the branches 
silvery. Leaves jh—45 inch. Scape slender, 4!j inch; bracts as 
long as the flowers. Calyx hemispheric, enclosing the capsule. 
Prats XVIII. A. fig. 1, plant, nat. size. 2 & 3, leaves ; 4, bract 
and calyx ; 5, flower ; 6, ovary : all enlarged. 
